cannot execute binary file

idrissess · 07-29-2010, 01:15 PM

HI,
i have installed UBUNTU 10.04 today. when i tried to run apache server with the command /opt/lampp/lampp start i was a problem of unsupportable 32-bits so i have installed ia32-libs to my ubuntu and it was worked. but after rebooting when i tried to reactivate apache server another error is shown
root@ubuntu:/home/idriss# /opt/lampp/lampp start
bash: /opt/lampp/lampp: cannot execute binary file
i need your help

AlucardZero · 07-29-2010, 01:33 PM

What do "uname -a" and "file /opt/lampp/lampp" return?

idrissess · 07-29-2010, 01:35 PM

root@ubuntu:/home/idriss# uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 5 09:20:59 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@ubuntu:/home/idriss# file /opt/lampp/lampp
/opt/lampp/lampp: gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Thu Jun 24 11:36:35 2010

AlucardZero · 07-29-2010, 01:51 PM

Well, that looks like an archive, not an executable. Try uncompressing /opt/lampp/lampp then see what it is (with 'file' command again).